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Title: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Caliga on August 09, 2013, 11:36:45 AM
So I'm almost out of cologne (Cool Water ATM) and I want to replace it with Sagebrush by AO For Men, but it turns out that it's really hard to find.  What do other people use?  Maybe I'll try something new.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Jacob on August 09, 2013, 11:40:33 AM
I've fallen out of the cologne habit recently, but the last one I wore was Tom Ford.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: derspiess on August 09, 2013, 11:42:10 AM
Chanel Allure
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Caliga on August 09, 2013, 11:44:59 AM
Quote from: Jacob on August 09, 2013, 11:40:33 AM
I've fallen out of the cologne habit recently, but the last one I wore was Tom Ford.
Hmm.  Expensive, but the user reviews on Amazon are stellar. :hmm:
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Caliga on August 09, 2013, 11:47:36 AM
Quote from: derspiess on August 09, 2013, 11:42:10 AM
Chanel Allure
:hmm:

...

Does Cal wear: poor people cologne? :blush:
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: fhdz on August 09, 2013, 11:48:00 AM
I'm not much of a cologne guy. English Leather always reminds me of my dad, though.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: alfred russel on August 09, 2013, 11:51:37 AM
Quote from: Caliga on August 09, 2013, 11:36:45 AM
What do other people use?  Maybe I'll try something new.

Try sex panther. It is made with bits of real panther, so you know it is good.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Jacob on August 09, 2013, 11:52:12 AM
Quote from: alfred russel on August 09, 2013, 11:51:37 AM
Try sex panther. It is made with bits of real panther, so you know it is good.

What? They couldn't afford to make it with bits of real sex?
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: alfred russel on August 09, 2013, 11:53:43 AM
Quote from: Jacob on August 09, 2013, 11:52:12 AM
Quote from: alfred russel on August 09, 2013, 11:51:37 AM
Try sex panther. It is made with bits of real panther, so you know it is good.

What? They couldn't afford to make it with bits of real sex?

It is illegal in 9 countries. But it is worth it: 80% of the time, it works every time.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Caliga on August 09, 2013, 11:53:46 AM
Quote from: alfred russel on August 09, 2013, 11:51:37 AM
Try sex panther. It is made with bits of real panther, so you know it is good.
Tried it.  It smells like a diaper full of Indian food. :(
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: alfred russel on August 09, 2013, 11:57:10 AM
Quote from: Caliga on August 09, 2013, 11:53:46 AM
Quote from: alfred russel on August 09, 2013, 11:51:37 AM
Try sex panther. It is made with bits of real panther, so you know it is good.
Tried it.  It smells like a diaper full of Indian food. :(

Desire smells like that to some people.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: crazy canuck on August 09, 2013, 11:58:08 AM
I have never understood why men wear Cologne.   
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Caliga on August 09, 2013, 11:59:27 AM
I can see why you wouldn't understand, as you probably can't smell perfume/cologne on others at that altitude. :sleep:
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: crazy canuck on August 09, 2013, 12:05:31 PM
Quote from: Caliga on August 09, 2013, 11:59:27 AM
I can see why you wouldn't understand, as you probably can't smell perfume/cologne on others at that altitude. :sleep:

I enjoy the scent of a woman.  Why a man would want to wear perfume is beyond me.

It might be cultural.  Most men here do not use cologne,  at least in my age demographic, and so I usually associate the smell of cologne with guys who are compensating.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Caliga on August 09, 2013, 12:09:22 PM
Yes, that's exactly what it is. :showoff:
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Jacob on August 09, 2013, 12:15:29 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 09, 2013, 12:05:31 PMI enjoy the scent of a woman.  Why a man would want to wear perfume is beyond me.

It might be cultural.  Most men here do not use cologne,  at least in my age demographic, and so I usually associate the smell of cologne with guys who are compensating.

That's probably reading more into it than there is; though without a doubt there are some people - men and women - who wear perfume in an obnoxious fashion.

IMO, you should only be able to smell someone's perfume if you are in very close physical proximity (i.e. when you'd enjoy the scent of a woman, even if she wasn't wearing perfume) or very very briefly in passing.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: derspiess on August 09, 2013, 12:22:18 PM
Quote from: Caliga on August 09, 2013, 11:53:46 AM
Quote from: alfred russel on August 09, 2013, 11:51:37 AM
Try sex panther. It is made with bits of real panther, so you know it is good.
Tried it.  It smells like a diaper full of Indian food. :(

I thought it smelled like Bigfoot's dick.


er... I mean, what they say Bigfoot's dick smells like.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: crazy canuck on August 09, 2013, 12:32:51 PM
Quote from: Jacob on August 09, 2013, 12:15:29 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 09, 2013, 12:05:31 PMI enjoy the scent of a woman.  Why a man would want to wear perfume is beyond me.

It might be cultural.  Most men here do not use cologne,  at least in my age demographic, and so I usually associate the smell of cologne with guys who are compensating.

That's probably reading more into it than there is; though without a doubt there are some people - men and women - who wear perfume in an obnoxious fashion.

IMO, you should only be able to smell someone's perfume if you are in very close physical proximity (i.e. when you'd enjoy the scent of a woman, even if she wasn't wearing perfume) or very very briefly in passing.

That probably has something to do with it.  Whenever I smell the cologne it is being used by someone that is wearing way too much of it - hence the reason I can smell it.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: MadBurgerMaker on August 09, 2013, 12:37:50 PM
AXE BODY SPRAY BABY











(real answer: Brooks Bros. Classic)
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Syt on August 09, 2013, 12:43:10 PM
I use an odorless deodorant and when I feel fancy I use Fahrenheit.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: The Brain on August 09, 2013, 12:45:01 PM
My natural scent attracts the females.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Caliga on August 09, 2013, 12:50:40 PM
Quote from: derspiess on August 09, 2013, 11:42:10 AM
Chanel Allure
I took this online quiz thing (I think it was at Macy's website) and it told me this is the cologne that would "suit me best". :bowler:
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: derspiess on August 09, 2013, 12:54:46 PM
Quote from: Caliga on August 09, 2013, 12:50:40 PM
Quote from: derspiess on August 09, 2013, 11:42:10 AM
Chanel Allure
I took this online quiz thing (I think it was at Macy's website) and it told me this is the cologne that would "suit me best". :bowler:

Well, there you go.  Who is to argue with a Macy's quiz??
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Caliga on August 09, 2013, 01:00:11 PM
I suggested to Princesca that we swing by Sephora this weekend and she called me a homo. :cry:
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Malthus on August 09, 2013, 01:01:10 PM
Quote from: Caliga on August 09, 2013, 01:00:11 PM
I suggested to Princesca that we swing by Sephora this weekend and she called me a homo. :cry:

Well, I guess she would know.  :hmm:
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: The Brain on August 09, 2013, 01:01:40 PM
Quote from: Caliga on August 09, 2013, 01:00:11 PM
I suggested to Princesca that we swing by Sephora this weekend and she called me a homo. :cry:

Erectus? :perv:
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Caliga on August 09, 2013, 01:03:08 PM
Not anymore, man. :(
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Caliga on August 09, 2013, 01:03:24 PM
NOTA BENE:  Not that there's anything wrong with that. :)
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Malthus on August 09, 2013, 01:03:40 PM
Quote from: The Brain on August 09, 2013, 12:45:01 PM
My natural scent attracts the females.

Perhaps, but most guys are picky about which species.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Malthus on August 09, 2013, 01:04:17 PM
Quote from: Caliga on August 09, 2013, 01:03:24 PM
NOTA BENE:  Not that there's anything wrong with that. :)

Nothing wrong with impotence?  :hmm:
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Eddie Teach on August 09, 2013, 01:09:11 PM
I wear the smell of death.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Viking on August 09, 2013, 01:10:41 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 09, 2013, 11:58:08 AM
I have never understood why men wear Cologne.

Sex?
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: crazy canuck on August 09, 2013, 01:14:42 PM
Quote from: Viking on August 09, 2013, 01:10:41 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 09, 2013, 11:58:08 AM
I have never understood why men wear Cologne.

Sex?

With what?

I would have thought that women would be attracted to men who dont need such a thing.  But I think Jacob's point is valid.  I dont know about the men who wear a more subtle scent because I cant smell it.  The guys who I do notice using it are definitely paying for sex.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: garbon on August 09, 2013, 09:16:08 PM
I go for the cheaper end (virtually a neophyte as I used to be deathly allergic) and stick with D&G scents. Earlier this year I found out my uncle wears one of the same ones. :o
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: dps on August 09, 2013, 09:21:29 PM
I go with whatever somebody gives me for Christmas--I can usually count on enough people giving me giftsets then to last the whole year.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: The Brain on August 10, 2013, 02:02:16 AM
Quote from: garbon on August 09, 2013, 09:16:08 PM
I go for the cheaper end (virtually a neophyte as I used to be deathly allergic) and stick with D&G scents. Earlier this year I found out my uncle wears one of the same ones. :o

Did his wife mistake you and him in the dark and give you the ride of your life?
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Eddie Teach on August 10, 2013, 02:50:44 AM
Quote from: The Brain on August 10, 2013, 02:02:16 AM
Quote from: garbon on August 09, 2013, 09:16:08 PM
I go for the cheaper end (virtually a neophyte as I used to be deathly allergic) and stick with D&G scents. Earlier this year I found out my uncle wears one of the same ones. :o

Did his wife mistake you and him in the dark and give you the ride of your life?

That would be his aunt.  :hmm: :perv:
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Capetan Mihali on August 10, 2013, 03:40:42 AM
YSL rive gauche pour homme. 

It was picked out for me several years ago by a girlfriend who was into scents, and had a book rating them like wine and such.  It's not overpowering on the subway or something, but gives me and my clothes a distinctive smell.  And everybody's liked it to the point where I just use no-scent antiperspirant with a few dabs of cologne.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Caliga on August 11, 2013, 01:51:22 PM
So I just got back from Sephora. (https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi409.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fpp177%2Falfonso_castro%2Frandom%2Fgay.gif&hash=2a75a1d1ff1a15a3739e47c33d3303dae7d53044)

I smelled a ton of stuff there, including some of the stuff people mentioned earlier.

Allure by Chanel: this smelled like a gayed-up version of Stetson to me.  Did not like.

YSL pour homme: the smell was ok, but really subtle.  I'm not the subtle type.

Tom Ford: they had three Tom Ford colognes there.  I liked Tom Ford for Men, disliked Tom Ford Noir (too spicy), but I LOVED Tom Ford Grey Vetiver.  I sprayed some of it on myself when the homo salesmen weren't hovering and it's 'aging' really well also.

I also liked Polo Red, and would say that one is my #2 choice.  Princesca made me try one called Pi by Givenchy that she liked, but it only smelled ok to me.

Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Ed Anger on August 11, 2013, 03:39:42 PM
Homo
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: mongers on August 11, 2013, 05:10:40 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on August 11, 2013, 03:39:42 PM
Homo

No, I think plenty of gay people would also find it a bit odd; I think it's better to describe it as rather precious to be that into scent.   :P
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Caliga on August 12, 2013, 12:36:28 PM
Quote from: mongers on August 11, 2013, 05:10:40 PM
No, I think plenty of gay people would also find it a bit odd; I think it's better to describe it as rather precious to be that into scent.   :P
:hmm:
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: garbon on August 12, 2013, 12:45:37 PM
Quote from: Caliga on August 12, 2013, 12:36:28 PM
Quote from: mongers on August 11, 2013, 05:10:40 PM
No, I think plenty of gay people would also find it a bit odd; I think it's better to describe it as rather precious to be that into scent.   :P
:hmm:

No idea. Not sure how going once to try several colognes means that you are "that into scent."
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Caliga on August 12, 2013, 01:22:30 PM
Yeah, there were lots of other people there doing the same thing. :mellow:
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Scipio on August 12, 2013, 02:04:14 PM
http://www.ogallalabayrum.mybigcommerce.com/

The best bay rum out there, IMHO.  Blows Bigelow's away, and for a much lower price.

A little goes a long way, too.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Eddie Teach on August 12, 2013, 02:14:35 PM
Quote from: Caliga on August 12, 2013, 01:22:30 PM
Yeah, there were lots of other people there doing the same thing. :mellow:

They were also into scent.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: garbon on August 12, 2013, 05:42:19 PM
Quote from: Caliga on August 12, 2013, 01:22:30 PM
Yeah, there were lots of other people there doing the same thing. :mellow:

Actually maybe this is just mongers way of telling us he smells terrible.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: katmai on August 12, 2013, 05:51:29 PM
Very possible for someone who squats in the woods to take a shit.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Brazen on August 13, 2013, 08:08:08 AM
Quote from: Syt on August 09, 2013, 12:43:10 PM
I use an odorless deodorant and when I feel fancy I use Fahrenheit.
Fahrenheit is my favourite on a chap, along with the Fahrenheit 32 variant.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Caliga on August 13, 2013, 08:58:26 AM
Princesca smelled those the other day and declared them to be 'horrible'. :hmm:
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: merithyn on August 13, 2013, 04:14:35 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 09, 2013, 11:58:08 AM
I have never understood why men wear Cologne.

:huh:

They like to smell nice, some women really like it, and it shows that a person is willing to take that extra step to look (and smell) good, much like a good pair of leather shoes worn with a pair of jeans.

I love cologne on a man, so long as it's not too heavily perfumed or too strong smelling.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: crazy canuck on August 14, 2013, 12:10:29 PM
Quote from: merithyn on August 13, 2013, 04:14:35 PM
I love cologne on a man, so long as it's not too heavily perfumed or too strong smelling.

Good for you
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Syt on August 14, 2013, 12:19:47 PM
Quote from: Brazen on August 13, 2013, 08:08:08 AM
Quote from: Syt on August 09, 2013, 12:43:10 PM
I use an odorless deodorant and when I feel fancy I use Fahrenheit.
Fahrenheit is my favourite on a chap, along with the Fahrenheit 32 variant.

Haven't tried the 32 version. I did like Tempore for a while but found it too sweet in the end.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Caliga on August 02, 2014, 04:39:32 PM
Running low on Tom Ford Grey Vetiver, so I swung by Sephora today to smell some more colognes and see if I might want to make a change.

I came away liking Eros by Versace best but a lot of online reviews poo-poo it as an office scent, and come to think of it (I'm wearing it now) it does smell more like a 'date' cologne.

I also liked Bleu de Chanel, Gentlemen Only by Givenchy (I got a sampler of that last time I bought Grey Vetiver), and Only The Brave by Diesel.

Thoughts, other than "you're a giant faggot"?
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: garbon on August 02, 2014, 05:09:15 PM
Giant? Hardly. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: The Brain on August 02, 2014, 05:16:44 PM
Nah.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Monoriu on August 02, 2014, 05:18:39 PM
Only soap and shampoo are allowed on my skin.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Caliga on August 22, 2015, 02:39:19 PM
Quote from: Caliga on August 02, 2014, 04:39:32 PM
Running low on Tom Ford Grey Vetiver, so I swung by Sephora today to smell some more colognes and see if I might want to make a change.

I came away liking Eros by Versace best but a lot of online reviews poo-poo it as an office scent, and come to think of it (I'm wearing it now) it does smell more like a 'date' cologne.

I also liked Bleu de Chanel, Gentlemen Only by Givenchy (I got a sampler of that last time I bought Grey Vetiver), and Only The Brave by Diesel.

Thoughts, other than "you're a giant faggot"?
About to run out of Bleu de Chanel, so I'm rebooting the thread.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Caliga on August 22, 2015, 02:40:07 PM
I put Gentlemen Only on one wrist and then Issey Miyake on the other, and Princesca seems to prefer the Gentlemen Only wrist. :hmm:
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Martinus on August 22, 2015, 03:06:02 PM
Chanel Antheus. It is very earthy, subtle, understated. I like it a lot and have been using it, almost exclusively, for the last decade at least.

D. uses Tom Ford, but I find it too ghey.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Caliga on August 22, 2015, 03:13:34 PM
I like Tom Ford Gray Vetiver but regular Tom Ford doesn't do much for me.  I smelled it again today at Sephora and graded it a 'c'.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: garbon on August 22, 2015, 03:13:54 PM
I stopped by Floris today and picked up one of their sandalwood concoctions.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Martinus on August 22, 2015, 03:15:43 PM
Quote from: Caliga on August 22, 2015, 03:13:34 PM
I like Tom Ford Gray Vetiver but regular Tom Ford doesn't do much for me.  I smelled it again today at Sephora and graded it a 'c'.

Tom Ford has this new designer line of perfumes that are quite interesting, but also quite expensive.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: dps on August 22, 2015, 03:49:47 PM
Meh.  Thought Cal was planning a trip to Germany.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Caliga on August 22, 2015, 04:25:34 PM
Quote from: dps on August 22, 2015, 03:49:47 PM
Meh.  Thought Cal was planning a trip to Germany.
:D
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Monoriu on August 22, 2015, 05:19:47 PM
The only products allowed on my skin are soap and shampoo. 
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: katmai on August 22, 2015, 05:24:58 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on August 22, 2015, 05:19:47 PM
The only products allowed on my skin are soap and shampoo.
Sensing Deja vu.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Monoriu on August 22, 2015, 05:27:37 PM
Quote from: katmai on August 22, 2015, 05:24:58 PM
Quote from: Monoriu on August 22, 2015, 05:19:47 PM
The only products allowed on my skin are soap and shampoo.
Sensing Deja vu.

I am: consistent  :bowler:
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: garbon on August 22, 2015, 05:36:48 PM
Dull might be a better word for it.
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Monoriu on August 22, 2015, 05:57:25 PM
Quote from: garbon on August 22, 2015, 05:36:48 PM
Dull might be a better word for it.

:blurgh:
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: garbon on August 22, 2015, 06:03:43 PM
How rude!
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Duque de Bragança on August 22, 2015, 07:08:26 PM
Quote from: Caliga on August 22, 2015, 04:25:34 PM
Quote from: dps on August 22, 2015, 03:49:47 PM
Meh.  Thought Cal was planning a trip to Germany.
:D

Thalys is the train to Cologne, from Paris via Bruxelles. The Thalys also goes from Amsterdam to Paris, via Bruxelles. Just saying. :tinfoil:
Title: Re: The Cologne Thread
Post by: Scipio on August 22, 2015, 09:06:07 PM
Ogallala Bay Rum. Still. The. Best.

Cool Water a distant second.